Attorneys representing Ashli Babbitt’s family recently released a statement.
Babbitt was unarmed when she was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer at the Capitol on the day of the riots.
For some reason, the name of the officer who shot her has not been released.
Babbitt attorney’s statement appears below:
The shooting of Ashli Babbitt on January 6, 2021 by an unidentified U.S. Capitol Police Officer was an unjustified use of deadly force which violated her constitutional rights. It is clear from video footage that Ashli did not pose a danger to the officer, or any other person, when she was shot. Ashli was unarmed. She did not assault anyone. She did not threaten to harm anyone. There was no excuse for taking her life.
It is a universal law enforcement standard that a police officer should use no more force than necessary to accomplish a lawful purpose. At 5′ 2″ tall and 110 pounds, an arrest of Ashli could have been accomplished by a single trained officer with a set of handcuffs. At the time of the shooting, there were over a half-dozen police officers in close proximity to the Speaker’s door where Ashli was standing. Some of those officers had just allowed protesters access to the door by stepping aside. Other officers, dressed in full tactical gear, stood among the protesters just a few feet behind the door. Still others stood casually at the opposite end of the Speaker’s Lobby, unconcerned with the activities of Ashli and the protesters around her. All of these officers were in a position to have aided in the apprehension of Ashli if it was necessary. Given her background as a 14-year veteran of the Air Force, it is likely that Ashli would have complied with simple verbal commands, thereby making the use of any force unnecessary.
However, the officer who shot Ashli never attempted to arrest her. Nor did he call on his fellow officers to arrest her. Instead, he fired a shot into her chest. Witnesses confirm that the officer did not give Ashli a single verbal warning prior to firing. In fact, Ashli was not even aware that the officer was present, as he was located in the doorway of a room off to the side of her field of vision.
To date, the officer who shot Ashli has not been identified. Neither the Capitol Police nor any other governmental authority has given an account of the facts surrounding the shooting. There has been no official explanation or justification for the use of lethal force in this matter. This lack of transparency impedes the public scrutiny which is necessary to hold government officials accountable in a free society. It also interferes with the ability of Ashli’s family to obtain justice for their loss.
My law firm and I represent Ashli’s husband and family members. We will continue to investigate this matter. We intend to take appropriate legal action when our investigation has been completed. We call upon the Capitol Police as well as the United States Congress to make public the facts and circumstances of Ashli’s shooting.
If you have information regarding this matter, you may contact us and receive updates on Twitter at Justice for Ashli Babbitt @ForAshli. Emails can also be to the address alone.
Terrell N. Roberts, III
Roberts and Wood
Riverdale, Maryland
When a cop shoots an unarmed black his identity and service record become known almost immediately.. So why don’t we get to know the identity of the cop who shot and unarmed white woman? Double standard…???
Absolutely they are all despicablethey all need to go. We all need to call our “representatives” and make them tell who murdered Ashli!!
“For some reason, the name of the officer who shot her has not been released.”
They learned well from Lon Horiuchi.
Stop lying attorney/CIA. Ashley Babbitt was not shot and killed at the capitol. It was a false flag event. Isn’t it nice that all this time the reports were she had been shot in the neck but now in your statement to the world you snuck in how she had been shot in the chest.
You changed it all up to confuse everyone. Now nobody will remember that the first reports had her as shot in the neck and from here on out she was shot in the chest.
How about this accurate report and I wasn’t even there-she was never shot. How about that liar.
If you don’t believe me watch the full “training” video of the event for yourself. It was all a big lie.
a false flag is NOT fake, it is real, just the identity/uniform whatever of the perpetrators (who are your own people) is made to look like that of the people you want a war with to frame them and cause outrage against them.
The assassin was armed and Ms. Babbitt was not. The gunman must step into the light and explain why he took the life of Ashli Babbitt.
Rest In Peace Ashli. Thank you for 14+ years of service to our fallen nation.
You were more of a figure than ALL of our politicians. Wanting your unarmed voice to be heard by Congress should not be a death penalty, no matter what the snake Lindsey Graham says. It was a sad day watching the murder of Ashli Babbitt. I hope your family finds peace and brings truth and honor to your name, in court, and in popular opinion.
The citizens of this nation were told all summer long, and more, that forceful, destructive and often violent protest is okay. What they said on and after January 6th is that it’s only acceptable when directed at innocent American citizens, not the guilty and corrupt politicians. I hope every politician that condemned what happened, without doing anything at all meaningful for the ongoing victims of the riots all summer long and beyond… I hope they rot in the worst hell imaginable. They are complete and utter failures at life, and they deserve the same as Lindsay Graham suggested patriotic protesters deserved.
America First
If you can find anyone with authority over the Capitol police, the FBI or Congress who will act on this, let me know. Sadly this is pissing in the wind. The deep state commies are unaccountable. They intend to stay that way.
The profane don’t dare storm the sacred halls of the best government that money can buy.
Only enlightened beings roam the shining sulfur stench ridden swamp in the cesspool of corruption.
Any kulak Trumptard untermenschen hillbilly scum who try to enter will be shot.
I don’t believe the person who shot Ashli Babbitt was a real police officer. If he was, then he planned to commit murder. He stood in the doorway for minutes with his finger on the trigger. Someone who was trained in firearms would never put his finger in the trigger box unless he was planning to shoot (pre meditated murder). Ashli was standing in the window spread eagle with her hands on the window frame when she was shot. He had a clear view of her hands. He new other people dressed as police officers where on the other side of the window and made no attempt to stop her. His actions were very reckless at best and put the lives of many others in jeperdy as well as killing Ashli Babbit. That man who shot Ashli should be tried for 1st degree murder. I am not sure that anyone dressed in officers uniforms around Ashli were actually real police officers based on film footage I have reviewed.
It’s NOT an accident that the only people who died in that incident were Trump supporters.
Hi Sharyl
“officer”: “For some reason, the name of the office who…”
The proof of systemic racism is in hatred shown toward Ashli.
The shooting of Ms. Babbitt makes absolutely no sense.
His name is David Bailey and his name was released the first week after the murder!
It is very disturbing that details of Ashli’s shooter, motive, etc., have remained hidden from the public.
Just fyi she got shot in the neck not the chest!!!! You would think that these people who “write” these stories could get the facts correct!!!
It was a total false flag. Fake fake fake shooting. 100%
If she had been black….what would the response have been . BlM would have burned down DC and that would be fine with democrats. This was murder. As a former police officer, I have hundreds of questions. None of this appears to be legit. I believe politics were definitely behind this. I don’t care what her affiliation was and to whom. I watched the video 1000 times. Unjustified shooting.
While “breaking and entering” is a crime, Ashli Babbitt clearly had both hands on the window frame when she was shot so the fact that she was not threatening harm to any other person is clear. Yet shot she was by a CPD officer that is now being protected by the CPD and the Democrat powers. As a former police officer, you know this was an unjustified shooting.
bullshit, the whole purpose of entry was to do harm beat the crap out of maybe kill by beating to death or a knife those miscreant legislators inside who were in terror. So were the guards.
Why is the identity of the shooter being protected? If the shooter was a Cop he would have been outed by now. One possible answer: the shooter was private security (maybe for a high ranking Dem). That would explain why the shooter hasn’t been named publicly. Also why charges haven’t been brought.
Because Ashley Babbitt is mot dead; just relocated with a mew name.
Where is Officer David Bailey? No need to reply. Just a disgusted Air Force Vet that did some burial details.